Federal Appeals Court Agrees: Using residency to award commercial marijuana licenses violates the Dormant Commerce Clause

Aug. 19, 2022—On August 17, 2022, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued a decision in NPG v. Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services. The decision stems from Maine’s appeal of an earlier District Court judgment finding that a provision of the state’s Medical Marijuana Act violated the Dormant Commerce Clause (DCC) because...

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